Real Madrid still struggling away from home

Real Madrid got back to its old ways against Granada losing its eighth game of the season, its fifth in the league. Los Blancos still lack consistency and they've already lost more games in the first five months of the season than they did during each of Mou's first two seasons in charge. During 2010/11, Madrid only lost six games.

Last season, it only lost five. This season it has already lost eight games, with the second half of the season still to play, as well as the Champions League and the Spanish Cup second leg tie at the Camp Nou.

Real Madrid is especially struggling in La Liga, where it has so far dropped 23 points, after only dropping a total of 14 last season and 18 the season before. Madrid is losing the league title away from the Santiago Bernabeu, where it has let 19 points slip.

The team seems to be particularly homesick in Andalusia, where it has lost all four games it has played there this season. In addition to the defeat against Granada, Madrid also lost to Sevilla (1-0), Real Betis (1-0) and Malaga (3-2).